CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Legal Representation
.........For Minor
............Appointment of DA/Cnty Counsel/Agency
10 Cards On This Topic:
  • DA may not represent M in dependency, then prosecute in 602 action.
  • Whether to appoint county counsel to represent County and M in same case, rather than independent counsel for M, is within dependency court’s discretion.
  • Appointment of county counsel to represent minor and Dept. of Social Services is error without showing of no conflict of interest.
  • Juvenile court must appoint independent counsel for minor, absent showing that minor’s interest would be represented by welfare agency’s counsel.
  • Appointment of DA to represent child in former Civil Code section 232 proceedings should be avoided; exceptions; findings required to appoint DA.
  • Appointment of DA to represent two minors did not deprive them of right to independent counsel.
  • No conflict of interest for DA to represent M and also prosecute parents.
  • No conflict of interest in public, nonprofit corporation providing legal services to indigent parties in dependency court.
  • Error to recuse DA representing minor in dependency and People in F’s murder trial: No evidence prosecutorial function had been exercised for reasons extraneous to DA’s official duty.
  • DA’s 300 records confidential.